Dolphin Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 It's $270 for a full day of k-5 handwriting instruction. Would this be worth it for a homeschool mom, or is it more for classroom teachers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walking-Iris Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 You know ---personally I wouldn't spend that much money. If you know how to make an A you can teach a kid how to make an A. ;) The teacher guides and workbooks are pretty self explanatory. I had the 2nd grade printing and 3rd grade cursive and Advanced Cursive TMs and they were nearly identical and didn't have too many extra tips. I just gave them away recently. They were basically pointless. I do have the TM for K and it has some fun pre-writing ideas that would be good to try with the toddler/preschooler who isn't using pencil yet. The wood letters are good for the younger crowd too. Others may think differently but I find that the workbooks are essentially enough. Mats and special chalkboard slates etc---improvise your own or do without. So much of the extras are just fluff that public schools seem unable to go without. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monalisa Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I went to one several years ago because my dd had major issues with hand writing, and was coming out of private K to hs. I thought it would be helpful, but really for the price it was a big waste of $. It was truly geared for classroom teachers. Spend much less on one teacher book and read through it (I agree, they are all pretty similar; I did get all of them and all the workbooks as part of the training) and MAYBE some of the extras, and you'll get as much, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 Thanks! One of those things, you see it, kid has handwriting problems, lack of faith in myself etc.... I will save my money and just get a teacher's manual. I have the K one for dd, but I think I will splurge on a cursive one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 The Online Tools has been fun and very helpful for my kids. I would rather just pay the $20 for that. They enjoy watching the letters being formed and then trying to do it with the mouse.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Ooh, I didn't know they had online tools. Time to go browsing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 The Digital Teaching Tools is what we use.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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